Dan Robinson threw two touchdown passes to Channon Harris and Hawaii sacked Oregon State's Jonathan Smith six times in a 23-17 victory Saturday in the Oahu Bowl. The Rainbow Warriors (9-4) rebounded from an 0-12 season under first-year coach June Jones.

Dominating with his serve, 18-year old American Andy Roddick stormed past Fernando Meligeni of Brazil 6-4, 6-4 to reach his first career semifinal at the $400,000 Verizon Tennis Challenge in Duluth, Ga. - Top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Felix Mantilla 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a match between Spanish clay-court specialists to reach the semifinals of the $1 million Seat Godo Open in Barcelona, Spain. - Amer Delic, Mike Calkins and Nathan Zeder all won their singles matches to lead top-seeded...

Northwestern coach Randy Walker unveiled a no-huddle offense and he ran most of his plays from the shotgun. But make no mistake, Walker has not converted to the religion of the razzle-dazzle. He's still committed to pounding the ball. "I like controlling the tempo with the no-huddle look, but it's not a new offense," Walker explained Saturday after his Wildcats closed their spring drills with a scrimmage at Ryan Field. "It's window dressing for what we do. We still run the...

Go ahead. Give it your best shot. Tell me how bad it used to be at Oregon State. Tell me how the Beavers went 28 straight years without a winning season before going 7-5 last year. Tell me all about the 35 years between this year's Pac-10 title and the previous one. Amateur hour, my friends. Child's play. I don't want to minimize the Beavers' history because it is spectacularly sorry. You don't average 2.4 victories a season from 1970 through 1998 without doing...

Dominating with his serve, 18-year old American Andy Roddick stormed past Fernando Meligeni of Brazil 6-4, 6-4 to reach his first career semifinal at the $400,000 Verizon Tennis Challenge in Duluth, Ga. - Top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Felix Mantilla 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a match between Spanish clay-court specialists to reach the semifinals of the $1 million Seat Godo Open in Barcelona, Spain. - Amer Delic, Mike Calkins and Nathan Zeder all won their singles matches to lead top-seeded...

By day, Mark Richt is the offensive coordinator at Florida State, at least for another week. At night, he'll get started on his new job--Georgia head coach. Richt, 40, formally accepted his first head coaching position Tuesday, taking over a program that fired Jim Donnan despite a 40-19 record and four straight bowl victories. Richt received a five-year, $3.75 million contract. Richt will remain on Bobby Bowden's staff until after the Jan. 3 Orange Bowl, when Florida State meets Oklahoma.

By day, Mark Richt is the offensive coordinator at Florida State, at least for another week. At night, he'll get started on his new job--Georgia head coach. Richt, 40, formally accepted his first head coaching position Tuesday, taking over a program that fired Jim Donnan despite a 40-19 record and four straight bowl victories. Richt received a five-year, $3.75 million contract. Richt will remain on Bobby Bowden's staff until after the Jan. 3 Orange Bowl, when Florida State meets Oklahoma.

Michigan receiver David Terrell has decided to forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. Two people close to the junior star told the Detroit Free Press that he has decided to leave school. An official announcement is not expected until after the Wolverines' Citrus Bowl game against Auburn on Jan. 1. The Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch reported in Saturday's editions that Terrell indicated he plans to leave. The Times-Dispatch had faxed questions for Terrell to his uncle, Bruce...

Only four days before playing archrival Georgia in the regular season finale, No. 18 Georgia Tech decided Tuesday against spending the Christmas holidays in sunny Hawaii. Instead, the Yellow Jackets accepted a bid to stay home and play in the Peach Bowl. Yellow Jackets coach George O'Leary said he left the bowl decision up to his seniors. Georgia Tech (8-2) will play a Southeastern Conference team in the Dec. 29 game in Atlanta. Tech also could have gone to the Oahu Bowl on...

By Andrew Bagnato, Tribune College Football Writer | December 20, 2000

Years ago, the term "bowl team" signified achievement. But as bowl bloat has set in, "bowl team" often describes an outfit that merely has managed to bob above the perilous waters of .500. With an all-time-high 25 bowls, 50 of the 114 Division I-A teams are bowl-bound. That's nearly 44 percent. Talk about grid inflation. If the same percentage of Division I men's basketball teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament, the field would be 140 teams. This never will be called the best bowl field in...

"Micronpc.com Bowl--or bust?" As slogans go, it may not generate the excitement that a Rose Bowl, a Fiesta Bowl or a Citrus Bowl would, but Illinois can't do anything about that now. With two weeks left in the regular season, the Illini (5-4, 2-4) already have had a successful season. Starting Saturday, it's all about greed. To ensure the happiest possible holiday season Illinois can't afford to look back (to the Indiana loss) or too far ahead. One more victory would make coach Ron...

Finally. Finally, the team with the best winning percentage in college football history will play in a Bowl Championship Series game. Finally, people will focus on the team's execution rather than its excuses. Finally, Notre Dame is back where it believes it rightly belongs--in the winner's circle. The Fighting Irish were rewarded for a surprising 9-2 season on Sunday, when they were picked to play 10-1 Oregon State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 in Tempe, Ariz. The payout for Notre...

Finally. Finally, the team with the best winning percentage in college football history will play in a Bowl Championship Series game. Finally, people will focus on the team's execution rather than its excuses. Finally, Notre Dame is back where it believes it rightly belongs--in the winner's circle. The Fighting Irish were rewarded for a surprising 9-2 season on Sunday, when they were picked to play 10-1 Oregon State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 in Tempe, Ariz. The payout for Notre...

Only four days before playing archrival Georgia in the regular season finale, No. 18 Georgia Tech decided Tuesday against spending the Christmas holidays in sunny Hawaii. Instead, the Yellow Jackets accepted a bid to stay home and play in the Peach Bowl. Yellow Jackets coach George O'Leary said he left the bowl decision up to his seniors. Georgia Tech (8-2) will play a Southeastern Conference team in the Dec. 29 game in Atlanta. Tech also could have gone to the Oahu Bowl on...

Dan Robinson threw two touchdown passes to Channon Harris and Hawaii sacked Oregon State's Jonathan Smith six times in a 23-17 victory Saturday at the Oahu Bowl in Honolulu. The victory capped an astounding turnaround for the Rainbow Warriors (9-4), who rebounded from an 0-12 season to grab a share of the Western Athletic Conference title under first-year coach June Jones. "This team has been so awesome and so great to work with all year, I'm just so happy for them," Jones said of a team...

Northwestern coach Randy Walker unveiled a no-huddle offense and he ran most of his plays from the shotgun. But make no mistake, Walker has not converted to the religion of the razzle-dazzle. He's still committed to pounding the ball. "I like controlling the tempo with the no-huddle look, but it's not a new offense," Walker explained Saturday after his Wildcats closed their spring drills with a scrimmage at Ryan Field. "It's window dressing for what we do. We still run the...

Go ahead. Give it your best shot. Tell me how bad it used to be at Oregon State. Tell me how the Beavers went 28 straight years without a winning season before going 7-5 last year. Tell me all about the 35 years between this year's Pac-10 title and the previous one. Amateur hour, my friends. Child's play. I don't want to minimize the Beavers' history because it is spectacularly sorry. You don't average 2.4 victories a season from 1970 through 1998 without doing...

Dan Robinson threw two touchdown passes to Channon Harris and Hawaii sacked Oregon State's Jonathan Smith six times in a 23-17 victory Saturday in the Oahu Bowl. The Rainbow Warriors (9-4) rebounded from an 0-12 season under first-year coach June Jones.

By Andrew Bagnato, Tribune College Football Writer | December 20, 2000

Years ago, the term "bowl team" signified achievement. But as bowl bloat has set in, "bowl team" often describes an outfit that merely has managed to bob above the perilous waters of .500. With an all-time-high 25 bowls, 50 of the 114 Division I-A teams are bowl-bound. That's nearly 44 percent. Talk about grid inflation. If the same percentage of Division I men's basketball teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament, the field would be 140 teams. This never will be called the best bowl field in...

Dan Robinson threw two touchdown passes to Channon Harris and Hawaii sacked Oregon State's Jonathan Smith six times in a 23-17 victory Saturday at the Oahu Bowl in Honolulu. The victory capped an astounding turnaround for the Rainbow Warriors (9-4), who rebounded from an 0-12 season to grab a share of the Western Athletic Conference title under first-year coach June Jones. "This team has been so awesome and so great to work with all year, I'm just so happy for them," Jones said of a team...